Collapsible container



Aug. 12 1924.

R. VIEGELMANN coLLAPsIBLE CONTAINER Filed Jun@ 22 1923 AnaB/v5 r Patented ug. 12, 1924.

UNI-TED STATI-:s

PATENT OFFICE.

COLLAPSIBLE CCNTAINER.

Application filed .Tune 22,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT VIEGELMANN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collapsible containers suitable for holding tooth paste, shaving cream,'face cream, and articles of a like nature.

The invention has for its main object to provide a device of the character stated which shall be simple in construction, effective in use, and adapted to containsuiiicient material for a single application thereof. l

With the foregoing and other objects in view, hereinafter stated, the invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter more specifically stated, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is shown a device embodying the structure of the invention in its preferred form, but it is to be understood that changes, variations, and modifications may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the invention.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, and wherein like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts' throughout the several views and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation'of a device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the device shown` in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a device embodying a modification of the invention;.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation partly in section of the device shown in Figs. 4 and 5;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a, furtherI modification of the invention;

Fig. 8 is an edge view of the device shown in Fig. 7, and

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the device shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

The body of the container embodying this invention may be of any Suitable form, such as tubular, spherical, or oval in cross-section. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the collapsible 1923. Serial No. 647,014.

body 2 of tin foil, or other suitable material,

is formed oval in vertical section, and is provided with an outwardly` extending nipple having oppositely disposed side walls 3 pressed together, and preferably having a curved upper terminal 4, as indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 1. The upper margin 4 of the walls of the nipple is doubled over onto the body of the walls 3, as shown in Fig. 2.

.By means of such construction a compressible container is provided having a body of light material, and provided with a nipple made integral with the body strong enough to prevent accidental displacement of the contents of the container.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown a body of spherical form having a. nipple 6 formed of oppositely disposed walls having free outer margins. rIhe walls 6 are ressed together and provided with crimps whereby the opposite walls are locked in engagement with each other, and, if desired, the upper terminal of the nipple may be bent over onto the body of the nipple in a manner similar to the construction shown in Fig. 3.

Instead of doubling the upper terminal of the walls of the nipple over onto the body thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, the upper margin of the side walls of the nipple may be twisted together, as indicated by '8 in Figs. 7 and 8, the remaining portion of the nipple beiig compressed firmly together, as shown in ig. 2. I

The nipple formed integral with thebody ofthe container may be modified in'respect to the manner in which the opposite walls of the nipple may be interlocked without departing from the invention, but for most purposes I prefer to form the discharge opening of the container with parallel side walls and relatively Lshort connecting walls, as shown in Fi 9.

When ready or use, the upper terminal of the nipple may be straightened out, or fiattened, and a slight pressure on the side walls of the container readily empties the contents thereof through the discharge orifice of the nipple. t

By means of such construction, a` single application container is providedwhich cannot in any manner become unsanitary, and which avoids many of vthe objectionable features of tubular containers now in use,

having a detachable cap' which frequently r becomes smeared on its interior surface with part of the contents of the container, ca using the cap to become discolored and unsanitary.

'The detachable cap, moreover, frequently material between which the contents of the container are adapted to be forced when emptying'tlie container, said pliable Wal/ls of ,the outlet portion being releasably inter- .locked with each other for closing and sealing the container to preserve the contents from contact with the air and with exterior objects, said pliable interlocked walls being adapted to be separated by pressure of the contents in the outlet portion when the container is collapsed for automatically opening the container under predetermined pressure for removal of the contents by continued pressure.

2. A collapsible container having an outlet portion with opposed Walls of pliable material said walls of the outlet portion being crimped togetherfor releasably enterlocking the walls to close and seal the container, said pliable walls being adapted to be forced apart by pressure of the material when the container is collapsed for opening the outlet portion and permitting the discharge of the material'.

In testimony that I 'claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereunder.

ROBERT VIEGELMANN. 

